He then gave, in a calm voice, the following narration:-- "You are aware that, when I came to this city to reside, a few years since, I removed from Troy, New York.

That is my native place--or, at least, I had lived there from boyhood up, when I removed to Boston.

It is now about ten years since a man named Ballantine, who seemed to possess considerable wealth, made his appearance in the place, accompanied by his daughter, a young girl about thirteen years of age.

He came from New Orleans, where his wife had died, and where he was still engaged in business.

His object in coming North with his child was to secure for her the advantages of a good seminary.